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The Alaskans is a 1959-1960 ABC/Warner Brothers western television series set during the late 1890s in the port of Skagway, Alaska. The show features Roger Moore as "Silky Harris" and Jeff York as "Reno McKee", a pair of adventurers intent on swindling travelers bound for the Yukon Territories during the height of the Klondike Gold Rush. Their plans are inevitably complicated by the presence of singer "Rocky Shaw", "an entertainer with a taste for the finer things in life".
The show was the first regular work on American television for the British actor Roger Moore.
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Starvation StampedeA supply ship is trapped in an early freeze on its way to an isolated mining town. the greedy town storekeeper takes advantage of this mishap, forcing the miners to pay exorbitant prices for food and supplies.
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Season01
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Gold SledOctober 4, 1959—Silky Harris and Reno McKee are preparing to travel to the Klondike in search of gold. Entertainer Rocky Shaw, intrigued by a weird tale of - S01E02
Cheating CheatersOctober 11, 1959—Skagway saloon owner Nifty Cronin agrees to ship gold dust to the States for Silky Harris, Reno McKee and a number of other miners. En rout - S01E03
The Devil Made FiveOctober 18, 1959—Reno takes a dangerous job carrying a load of dynamite but along the way, picks up a few strangers. - S01E04
The Petticoat CrewOctober 25, 1959—Silky Harris dreams of a financial coup when he decides to ship a boatload of dancing girls and Thanksgiving turkeys from Seattle to Dawson. - S01E05
Starvation StampedeNovember 1, 1959A supply ship is trapped in an early freeze on its way to an isolated mining town. the greedy town storekeeper takes advantage of this mish - S01E06
Big DealNovember 8, 1959—Silky Harris and Reno McKee find a lost legal document and try to locate the owner. they stumble on a swindle scheme. - S01E07
Contest at Gold BottomNovember 15, 1959—Nifty Cronin threatens to foreclose a mortgage on Silky and Reno's mining property unless they can meet their next payment. Meanwhile, a ba - S01E08
Winter SongNovember 22, 1959—Silky, Reno and Rocky plan to stage a concert with opera star Maria Julien. Arriving in Eagle City to perform before a packed house, Miss J - S01E09
The Golden FleeceNovember 29, 1959—Four men assault Silky Harris' partner Reno McKee and then purchase an apparently worthless gold mine. - S01E10
Doc BookerDecember 6, 1959—Doc Booker and his new bride act to stop a typhoid epidemic. Then a woman tells the citizens that Booker isn't a real doctor. - S01E11
The Abominable SnowmanDecember 13, 1959—A miner dies after being attacked by a weird monster. It is decided that the dead man's gold mine will go to the winner of a race between S - S01E12
Remember the MaineDecember 20, 1959—A con man named Soapy suddenly gets patriotic and organizes a special Skagway Guard to march off to the Spanish-American War. Silky Harris i - S01E13
Million Dollar KidJanuary 3, 1960—Reno McKee and Rocky Shaw encounter a young Indian named Kat who wants to go to the United States. The youth decides to trade some shares i - S01E14
The Trial of Reno McKeeJanuary 10, 1960—Reno McKee is held for murder, although Silky Harris and Rocky Shaw know that someone else is responsible for the crime. The only way to ke - S01E15
Gold FeverJanuary 17, 1960—Reno McKee's younger brother Danny comes to Skagway with his new bride. Reno wishes them will and offers a mine partnership to Danny, but t - S01E16
The ChallengeJanuary 24, 1960—The town is threatened by an impending avalanche, and Silky Harris volunteers to climb a mountain and set off some blasts which will divert - S01E17
The Long PursuitJanuary 31, 1960—Chicago detective Ed Bundy has traced a suspected murderess to an Alaskan village. On the trail to the town, Bundy saves Reno McKee's life, - S01E18
Spring FeverFebruary 7, 1960—Furious because Silky's taking her for granted, Rocky casts about for someone else to encourage. She comes up with a gentleman named Gordon - S01E19
Black SandFebruary 14, 1960—Reno strikes out with Dan and Nora Weber to locate a lost gold mine. Along the trail, two other men join the group, and Reno becomes suspic - S01E20
The Seal Skin-GameFebruary 21, 1960—Silky, Reno and Rocky are conned into buying a bankrupt seal raising business. Silky begins to sound like a con man himself when he tries t - S01E21
Peril at Caribou CrossingFebruary 28, 1960—Weather drives Silky to shelter at an isolated cabin. He sees that his arrival has complicated a family quarrel, but before anything comes - S01E22
Behind The MoonMarch 6, 1960—No sooner has a gold prospector made plans to marry an Indian girl than his backers plot to chase the Indians off the tribal land. It seems - S01E23
PartnersMarch 13, 1960—Rocky and Reno tell young Jimmy Hendricks that his father died a hero. But the lad overhears the less heroic truth about his father, and di - S01E24
Disaster At Gold HillMarch 20, 1960—Silky becomes involved in an explosive romantic triangle. - S01E25
The Last BulletMarch 27, 1960—Silky rescues a man from a pack of wolves and takes him to a trail house occupied by a pack of human wolves. - S01E26
A Barrel Of GoldApril 3, 1960—A prospecting party started out to find gold, but death makes a strike and the only survivors report they were poisoned with spoiled meat. - S01E27
The Bride Wore BlackApril 10, 1960—Cass Wilson uses Silky's picture to win a mail-order bride. There is trouble when the girl arrives. - S01E28
Odd Man HangsApril 17, 1960—Silky is one of the players in a strange game. He and two other men are jailed on a murder charge. Everyone is certain that one of them is - S01E29
CounterblowApril 24, 1960—The Skookum Sentinel newspaper is handed over to Silky in payment of a debt. He finds himself with a ready-made crusade when his partner is - S01E30
Heart Of GoldMay 1, 1960—Pierre Duran is transporting thousands of dollars worth of the miners' gold dust to Yukon City. On the way, he is hijacked and left for dea - S01E31
Kangaroo CourtMay 8, 1960—Traveling alone in barren and isolated country, Silky comes upon a girl entertainer and her male companion. They ask for a lift to a new go - S01E32
The Silent LandMay 15, 1960—Loading supplies for a remote outpost, Pierre Duran meets a Mountie who is trailing a pair of fugitives. Later, traveling deep into the Arc - S01E33
CalicoMay 22, 1960—Silky Harris wins a half share in a gold mine. But there is a catch. His claim is forfeit unless he works it one day a week--and his partn - S01E34
Sign Of The KodiakMay 29, 1960—Traveling in mountain country, Pierre Duran narrowly escapes death from a hunter's bullet. The marksman seems obsessed with killing Big Mik - S01E35
White VengeanceJune 5, 1960—Silky Harris heads for old Gil Hawkins' mountain cabin to tell him his son has made a gold strike. But before Silky can identify himself, t - S01E36
The Ballad Of WhitehorseJune 12, 1960—The Whitehorse saloon is decked out for a wedding. Robert Howard III, a drunken poet with six months to live, is marrying Yukon Kate, the q
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